India's industrial production logged a surprise increase in July as output grew in factories and the electricity sector, preliminary data released by the Central Statistics Office showed on Thursday.
The industrial production index rose 2.6 percent year-on-year, which was in contrast to economists' expectations for a 0.9 percent fall. Production had fallen 2.8 percent in May and 2.2 percent in June.
Manufacturing output grew 3 percent, while production in the electricity sector increased 5.2 percent. Mining output declined 2.3 percent.
Capital goods production jumped 15.6 percent, while manufacture of consumer durables fell 9.3 percent.
Separately, the CSO reported that annual inflation based on the consumer price index, eased to 9.52 percent in August from 9.64 percent in July.
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